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U.S. hits new low in World Happiness Report

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219 points surprisetalk | 1 comments | 25 Sep 25 20:52 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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brap ◴[25 Sep 25 21:58 UTC] No.45379709[source]▶
Would be interesting to see happiness segmented by Democrats/ Republicans.
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jsbisviewtiful ◴[25 Sep 25 22:04 UTC] No.45379782[source]▶
I would speculate Republicans are wildly happier when "their team is 'winning'" and Democrats would have a boost in happiness with Democrats in power, but nowhere near the swing of Republicans. Democrats, IMO, are more aware of the *real* current and longterm problems the US faces while Republicans listen to whatever Republicans say the "problems" are - "problems" that are too often very outlandish and not based in reality.
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raw_anon_1111 ◴[25 Sep 25 22:41 UTC] No.45380182[source]▶
As someone who leans left. I doubt too many Democrats were excited about Biden. He was just “not Trump”. People actually liked Obama and Clinton.
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jacobolus ◴[25 Sep 25 22:56 UTC] No.45380352[source]▶
Taking political constraints into account, the Biden Administration was just about the most successful and effective, in policy terms, of the past 50 years. Unfortunately the political landscape is pretty unfavorable, with GOP-supportive media, a GOP-aligned Supreme Court and super wealthy people, increasingly extremist state governments in many parts of the country, decades of corporate consolidation, weakening civic institutions, and an electorate that largely ignores the details. Biden himself was never a great orator and his public charisma suffered further with age, but as far as governing goes, he did a great job. Harris would also have been an excellent president.

Unfortunately building and fixing things (or just keeping things working, negotiating compromises, and so on) takes a lot of time and effort, and doesn't make for great pithy slogans or rile people up.

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raw_anon_1111 ◴[25 Sep 25 23:07 UTC] No.45380463[source]▶
Exactly what did he do that had any long lasting impact? Obama had the ACA.

Biden in fact was the worse Democratic President for not stepping aside early enough and letting the DNC have a real primary. It was sheer selfishness and ego.

Results count - not excuses.

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1. hedora ◴[26 Sep 25 16:21 UTC] No.45388214[source]▶
Basically, take any transcript from the election where JD Vance or Trump said they were going to fix some US domestic crisis that Biden had created.

They were lying through their teeth. Biden had already fixed the crisis. Trump's undone that work, and is now going around claiming to have fixed stuff.

One example is how Trump is going to get a bunch of people to build factories in the US:

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/C307RC1Q027SBEA

Biden also got the inflation caused by Trump's ZIRP + deficit spending under control, despite digging us out of COVID. (The inflation surge during Biden's term had already been predicted by most economists by the middle of Trump's first term. NPR even ran a series about "printing unlimited money bad" in 2018 or 2019.)

Also, Trump inherited the lowest crime rates in living memory, and then declared a national emergency about surging crime.